National Culture Development Model in Upstream Policies

Culture, in all its dimensions, is a fundamental component of sustainable development. The purpose of this paper was to provide a model for the development of national culture in upstream policies.

The method in this study was case research and content analysis by manual method. Based on literature review, the theoretical and conceptual components of national culture development were first obtained. Then, by studying the upstream documents (basic Islamic-Iranian model of progress, the statement of the second step of the revolution, the general policies of the second to the sixth development plans, and finally, all the general policy clauses on various cultural issues approved by the Expediency Discernment Council) were identified.

In this study, a national culture development model for general policies is presented. The obtained model suggests what authorities are responsible and what mechanisms can be used to strengthen and create positive elements of culture and to weaken and eliminate negative elements of culture.